The Daily Rundown - December 16, 2025
🗳️ The national ACLU says it will join Nevada's pushback against the Department of Justice's demand for voter registration information. It said in a press release today that its mission could be harmed if the federal government obtains sensitive voter data. That's after the DOJ announced last week that it had filed suit against Nevada, along with three other states and one Georgia county, for access to voter information. The DOJ said the issue was potential voter dilution. Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar has accused the Justice Department of not giving clear answers on how voter data would be used and secured.
Read more about the Justice Department suing states over access to voter data here.
🚍 More work is being added to the currently in-progress Reimagine Boulder Highway project. The construction on the highway primarily revolves around adding public transit infrastructure to the existing space available in the unimproved median. Originally, the project was designed to have buses going against the flow of traffic in this separated space. Today, the Henderson City Council is recommended to vote to undo that plan, changing the buses to flow with traffic. In doing so, the resulting change order comes with a budget increase of $12 million and an addition of 17 bus shelters.
🎓 Western Nevada College is expanding the nursing program on its Fallon campus, allowing local students to stay closer to home. Officials say renovation of a building on campus starting in January will provide modern clinical training areas, advanced simulation labs, and dedicated study and testing rooms. According to the college, eight Associate of Applied Science nursing students are located in Fallon. Right now, those students must travel to Carson City for some required coursework. Once the renovation is complete, the campus will be able to serve 24 first-year and 24 second-year nursing students. The college says the goal is to increase healthcare education in Churchill County and the surrounding areas by providing local students with all their required classes in one spot.
⚽️ The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's Marketing Committee yesterday outlined its strategy to draw soccer fans to Las Vegas. That's despite the fact that no World Cup games are being played in the city next summer. According to reporting from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the LVCVA believes social media platforms like Instagram, YouTube and TikTok will be key to persuading fans to attend Las Vegas' FIFA watch parties and other events. Games will be played in the United States, Mexico, and Canada June 11 through July 19. The best seats at the most desirable games are reportedly selling for thousands of dollars. The tournament will start with 48 teams, the most ever.
🏀 Only hours before the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Cup final last night at T-Mobile Arena, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league plans to decide on domestic expansion within the next year.
The announcement marks the most definitive timeline yet since the NBA began exploring a move from 30 to 32 teams. And if there are frontrunners, as long expected, Las Vegas and Seattle remain at the top of the list.
Expansion has been discussed for years, and it's no secret that both cities have pushed for franchises. Seattle has been without an NBA team since the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008, while Las Vegas has increasingly positioned itself as a major professional sports hub.
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